Carlos Peucelle

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Carlos Peucelle
Personal information
Full name	Carlos Desiderio Peucelle
Date of birth	September 13, 1908
Place of birth	Argentina
Date of death	April 1, 1990 (aged 81)
Playing position	Inside right
Youth clubs
	Club Deportivo Anchorena Boca Juniors San Telmo Sportivo Barracas
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1925-1926 1927-1930 1931-1941	San Telmo Sportivo Buenos Aires River Plate	? (?) ? (?) 307 (113)
National team
1928-1940	Argentina	29 (12)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Carlos Desiderio Peucelle (born September 13, 1908 – died April 1, 1990) was an Argentine football (soccer) inside right.

[edit] Playing career

Peucelle played first team football for San Telmo and Sportivo Buenos Aires before joining Argentine giants River Plate for a fee of 10,000 pesos^[1].

Peucelle played for River from 1931 to 1941 (307 matches and scored 113 goals). During this time "Los Millonarios" were champions of Argentina on 4 occasions; 1932, 1936, 1937 and 1941.

Peucelle also played for the Argentina national football team he was in the squad of the 1930 FIFA World Cup, where he scored three goals, and played in the final match against Uruguay^[2], which Argentina lost 2-4.

Peucelle was part of two Copa América winning squads, in 1929^[3] and 1937^[4].

Peucelle played a total of 29 games for Argentina scoring 12 goals.

[edit] Club titles

Season	Club	Title
1932	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1936	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1937	River Plate	Primera División Argentina
1941	River Plate	Primera División Argentina

[edit] International titles

Season	Team	Title
1929	Argentina	Copa América
1937	Argentina	Copa América

[edit] Coaching career

After he retired, he was chief managers of several teams throughout Latin America. These included; Deportivo Cali in Colombia, Deportivo Saprissa in Costa Rica, Sporting Cristal in Peru and Olimpia in Paraguay. Peucelle also managed River Plate and San Lorenzo in Argentina.

[edit] Facts

• Peucelle established the first soccer school in Colombia^[5].

• Peucele is credited as being on of the creators of "La Máquina" (The Machine), the all conquering River Plate team of the 1940s. In fact he wrote a book entitled "Futbol Todotiempo e Historia de La Máquina" (Football the times and history of "La Máquina")

• Peucelle gained the nickname "El Primer Millonario" because of his big money transfer from Sportivo Buenos Aires^[6].

v • d • e Argentina squad - 1930 FIFA World Cup Runners-up GK Bossio • GK Botasso • FW Cherro • DF Chividini • FW Demaría • DF Della Torre • DF J. Evaristo • FW M. Evaristo • FW Ferreira • MF Monti • DF Muttis • DF Orlandini • DF Paternoster • FW Perinetti • FW Peucelle • DF Piaggio • FW Scopelli • FW Spadaro • FW Stábile • MF Suárez • FW Varallo • DF Zumelzú • Coach: Olazar & Tramutola

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